A tow-behind leaf collector that I built for my Jonsered lawn tractor. This collector holds 20 cubic feet of shredded leaves compared to 7.5 cubic feet for the stock leaf collector.
Nice looking build. I have used high lift blades on lawn tractors to fill my homemade leaf collector. The blades have a more pronounced bend to produce more wind. I have used them on Husqvarna and Deere tractors. They may be available for other brands. They push the leaves through the shoot quite well. Hope this may help.
Excellent design. If you have more acerage, it would be easy to design one 2x+ longer to fit your needs. I've got 4 acres to mow. Leaving the clippings in place makes mown 2 weeks later more difficult due to the accumulations..
Thanks for reminding me that my grass catcher is more than equipped to handle leaves. I don't know why I got side tracked thinking I needed to build a vacuum impeller. What I really need to build is an enclosed trailer. My grass catcher only clogs up when the bags are full. So every time I fill them up I have to detach the chute and shake it out which is a pain in the butt even if I didn't have back issues. In the summer my rear bags fill up before I can even make one circle around my acre lot so that got old really quick! Ok. Dump trailer with enclosed attachment it is.
Sounds like you've got it pretty well figured out. There's no point in having an auxiliary engine and blower if it's not needed. You'll find lots of good ideas on RU-vid.
Great idea Don. I watched your generator device vid a couple years ago and that is awesome also. Leaves are a pain come fall time here in Michigan also...I'm guessing your a retired engineer.
I'm a retired machinist. I built machinery much of my working life. My son and videographer has a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. He works as an automotive engineer.
Looks like a winner to me. But I do wonder with all that extra weight how long the drive belt will last? I have a 2 bag bagging system on my mower and when there both full I can sometimes smell the drive belt burning when I’m climbing the small hills on my property. The tractor is Chinese made just another off brand of MTD just like the husavarna Troy bolt and cub cadet mowers. Not saying it’s bad.
I'm equipped in my shop to do these jobs for myself but I'm not equipped well enough to produce parts to sell. there are some collectors on UTube that would work essentially like mine but would not the fabrication skills.
Very long video to say he made the bagger bigger. I started this way, wasnt satisfied, made a chipper shredder into a vac just like the cylone rake. Except i only have 80$ in it.
